Democrats scored a major policy victory when the U.S. Senate passed a $430 billion climate change, healthcare and tax bill that will help reduce the carbon emissions that drive climate change while also cutting drug costs for the elderly.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -AngloGold Ashanti shares rose 2% on Friday after CEO Alberto Calderon pledged to reduce costs that dented half-year earnings and moved closer to the top end of its forecast range for the full year.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -AngloGold Ashanti's first-half earnings slumped 18% from a year earlier despite increased output, with inflation taking a toll of profit and the miner warning that costs are approaching the top end of its annual forecast range.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -AngloGold Ashanti's CEO expects inflationary pressures to ease next year, he said on Friday after the miner joined rivals in reporting a hit to half-year profit and forecast that costs would be at the top end of guidance this year.

AngloGold Ashanti's first-half earnings slumped 18% even as production increased, as inflation took a toll on its profit with the gold miner warning on Friday that costs were scaling towards the top end of its annual forecast range.